Cloud9 move past North

The match began with a flawless pistol round from North, who followed that up with both anti-ecos to start off the game with a 3-0 lead. Cloud9 pulled one back in the first gun round, courtesy of a quad kill from Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert, and they continuously shut the Danes down in the rounds that followed, with the scoreline blooming to a 7-3 advantage for the North Americans.

After calling a tactical pause, North finally managed to get a buy round, thanks to three kills from Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke. Cloud9 hit back immediately, with Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek picking up two frags in a 2v2 situation, but the Danes won the final rounds of the half to bring the deficit to a minimum.

n0thing was a nuisance to North throughout the match

In the second half, North took the pistol round with ease as Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif picked up four kills in quick succession in the balcony. After buying up, Cloud9 were able to break through North's defense twice in a row to restore parity at 10-10.

What followed as a hectic period as the teams cancelled each other out, making it impossible for them to have any sort of economic development. With the score tied at 11-11, North let Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham pick up four kills in a 1v5 situation before finally killing the North American sniper. That turned out to be the key moment of the match as a cash-strapped North lost the following round and had to deal with a hard reset, with Cloud9 going on a fantastic run that only ended when they hit 16 rounds.

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North	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	29 - 20	+9	107.5	82.1%	1.51
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	16 - 19	-3	65.3	71.4%	0.97
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	18 - 18	0	64.2	57.1%	0.95
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	13 - 18	-5	56.3	67.9%	0.85
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	10 - 19	-9	46.0	50.0%	0.57

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	26 - 16	+10	103.4	64.3%	1.46
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	22 - 15	+7	73.4	78.6%	1.26
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	18 - 22	-4	84.4	67.9%	1.08
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	12 - 15	-3	47.6	64.3%	0.78
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	15 - 18	-3	55.4	57.1%	0.76

Six matches into the first day of the Major, here is how the Swiss stage is looking:

1-0
Gambit	fnatic
Virtus.pro	SK
BIG	Cloud9
0-1
MOUZ	FlipSid3
Vega Squadron	PENTA
FaZe	North